Life science & clinical diagnostics instruments > Microbiology

Cold plasma boosts the power of antibiotics

19 July, 2023

Researchers have found an innovative way to amplify the power of antibiotics, using cold atmospheric-pressure plasma as a weapon to enhance their strength.


Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Light Array Module for BioLector XT Microbioreactor

21 June, 2023

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has launched a light array module (LAM) for its BioLector XT Microbioreactor, enabling work with light-dependent organisms that need to perform photosynthesis to grow.


Chemical tool deciphers bacterial infections in real time

03 March, 2023

The tool can be used to investigate bacterial interactions with the host in real time during an infection, which cannot be easily achieved by other methods.


Rapid identification of food poisoning bacteria

06 September, 2022

Bacterial tests are regularly conducted to detect food poisoning bacteria at food manufacturing factories, but it takes more than 48 hours to obtain results.


One-hour test for antibiotic resistance developed

06 October, 2021

The Fast Antibiotic Susceptibility Test (FAST) means doctors will be able to find out up to 10 times faster which antibiotics can still affect their patients and which cannot.


Whitley WASP Touch spiral plater and Synbiosis aCOLyte 3 HD colony counter

05 August, 2021

The Whitley WASP Touch is an automated precision laboratory instrument designed to deliver a spiral deposition offering 1000-fold dilution across a single plate.


Beckman Coulter Life Sciences BioLector XT Microbioreactor

01 July, 2021

Equipped with FlowerPlate microtitre plate technology, the BioLector XT Microbioreactor enables high-throughput strain screenings, cultivation parameter monitoring and feeding strategy optimisation.


Microbiologics Custom Solutions microbial QC material

24 May, 2021

Microbiologics offers a comprehensive program for environmental isolate or targeted objectionable organism management.


Microbiologics environmental isolate management program

06 April, 2021

Cell BioSciences, through exclusive supplier Microbiologics, offers a comprehensive program for environmental isolate management.


Monitoring microbes with handheld DNA sequencers

09 March, 2021

Handheld DNA sequencers can conduct routine microbial monitoring in food production facilities, with advantages including ease of use and identification of a broad variety of bacteria.


Thermo Scientific Salmonella Precis Method

04 March, 2021

Extension of the validation scope for the Thermo Scientific Salmonella Precis Method according to ISO 16140-2 brings the opportunity for increased efficiency by eliminating the need for multiple broths, plates, supplementation and incubation temperatures.


Tongue microbes can help diagnose heart failure

31 August, 2020

A recent study found that the composition, quantity and dominant bacteria of the tongue coating differ between heart failure patients and healthy people.


Microbiome used to diagnose liver disease

24 August, 2020

The non-invasive method relies on an algorithm to analyse patient stool samples, which contain traces of what lives in the gut.


Rapid detection of Salmonella in food

18 February, 2020

Researchers have developed a test that is capable of detecting Salmonella bacteria in animal products in less than eight hours, which should reduce cases of infection as well as recalls.


InSite L. mono Glo swab test for Listeria

15 November, 2019

InSite L. mono Glo is a self-contained swab system for the simultaneous detection of Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes.


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